Wolves play a key role in keeping ecosystems healthy. They help keep deer and elk populations in check, which can benefit many other plant and animal species. The carcasses of their prey also help to redistribute nutrients and provide food for other wildlife species, like grizzly bears and scavengers. Scientists are just beginning to fully understand the positive ripple effects that wolves have on ecosystems.

Grey Wolves usually travel in packs and not alone. Packs include mother and father wolves(called the alphas),their pups and older offspring. The alpha male and female are typically the pack leaders that track and hunt prey, choose den sites and establish the pack’s territory. Wolves develop strong social bonds within their packs.

 Population  There are an estimated 7,000 to 11,200 gray wolves in Alaska, 3,700 in the Great Lakes region and 1,675 in the Northern Rockies.

 Wolves eat ungulates, or large hoofed mammals, like elk, deer, moose and caribou, as well as beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals that have died due to other causes.

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 The Grey Wolves name in latin is Canis Lupus. Grey Wolves are related to dogs. The reason wolves howl at the moon is hey are sending messages to other wolves and see if they howl back.